Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the APC, the ruling party in Nigeria, is expected to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as president. After four days of counting, he obtained, this Wednesday, March 1, the greatest number of votes in the presidential election. The National Electoral Commission (Inec) has yet to confirm that he wins 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of the 36 states of the Federation as well as the capital territory, Abuja.
Victory seems within reach for Bola Tinubu, the Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the Nigerian presidential election. “The Godfather”, as he is nicknamed, won the most votes, according to official results.
Bola Tinubu, 70, who is seeking to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as head of Africa’s most populous country, won 8.8 million votes. He is ahead of his main rivals Atiku Abubakar of the PDP (6.9 million votes) and Peter Obi of the Labor Party (6.1 million votes), according to a state-by-state tabulation by AFP.
The National Electoral Commission (Inec) has yet to confirm that he obtains 25% of the votes in at least two thirds of the 36 states of the federation, as well as the territory of the capital Abuja, to be able to declare him winner at the end of one of the most contested elections in Nigeria’s democratic history.
Presentation of results by State Collation Officers for the Presidential Election from the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory ends at the National Collation Centre, Abuja.
Final tabulation begins.#NigeriaDecides2023 pic.twitter.com/AoeMLnd8Hb
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) March 1, 2023
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